Arizona Distilling Desert Durum Wheat

Extremely dark color; aged in ten-gallon barrels. A thick burbling nose full of dark aromas: smoke molasses earth and moist tobacco with a sharp woody twist around the outside. The mouth recapitulates much of that but in a brighter fashion…and then the small barrel takes over; tight intense wood that blows out everything else and leaves the tongue tingling. I find it hard to tease out any spirit character; what’s this whiskey taste like under the wood?